hmmmmmm.................... great to see so many people coming with their diverse views on such an interesting..............

ITS fantastic that I wrote this coz I really felt that some people do go arond just for the sake of entering a relation... and not for the cause of true love..... public display of affection truly is uncool.................................. you have got the four walls of your home................. go their and do whatever you wanna do....................holding hands, hugging and behaving decently within limits is okay....................................

Holding hands is pretty ok n ignorable when compared to "groping". Dunno what they wanna prove with that! Ok, we know all about hormones and stuff but hey! There are people around who would prefer not to see your shuffling around! All this is fine (maybe...) while you're alone but why torment us? Dunno! Duuh!!!

yep.so true! yet the argument in fvr of the "proposition" is pretty much baseless.. try picturin urself wid sm1.. wont the closeness be a little suffocatin..with the kind of very murky.. hidden frm all and sundry "going out" tag..!

....sooner or later u will be in love for all the right reasons....then these things would not bother u...and anyway staying single is not all that bad....why...havn't u read that column 'single in the city' by sushmita in ht....well she gets paid to write it... ...but seriously its so much satisfying to do things for ur ownself...make ur own coffee...have ur own apartment...ur own quiet time..in short..full freedom...

well wat i feel is....dat wen one has a frend (who is a girl) or even in case of boys....y does the society hav to give this frendship a name of girlfrend/boyfrend kinda relation?? i mean one can b close to a particular frend irrespective of his/her gender...there's no point in typecasting dat frendship into a different relation & the frends as girl frend or boy frend...its entirely a matter of choice !!

Uh huh!!! Though i would oppose on being single..but yes i do second nandita's opinion...its not that all relationships should always lead to "LOVE".....its as simple as meeting people and getting to know them better over a period of time....

when i read this post and the replies i cud not believe my eyes...i am shocked at such thoughts expressed by the lady who began this post...particularly these lines from her..

"But my eyes were too sharp enough to catch sightof a couple strolling down the way, hand in hand, arm in arm and eyesin eyes. Oh! What a scene... adding to my woes of thinking andpondering over little issues of life, one more thought popped up... Whydo people exhibit their love and care for each other in public? Why thehell do they make the singletons feel inferior in front of them?"

what is wrong with people here...have they come back from taliban???you have a problem with couples being hand in hand...this post did not begin with makin out in public...that may be a desperate act..but holdin hands and hugging...wtf???do people have to meet in bedrooms to hold hands???for the lady who began this whole saga...it seems from ur post that u were cravin to be with someone and ventin ur frustration at the sight of another couple...you felt inferior when u saw them...what the hell is that supposed to mean...if ur husband or bf was goin abroad and u were at the airport...would you hug him and hold his hand till you were at home or will the poor guy feel ur hand at the airport???weird...some people have made comments like "people touchin...eeeaw.....yuk" and the like...are you people touch me not plants or something...we were talkin about holdin hands and you say such things...did you unconsciously drag in the bedroom antics while thinkin???the lady was talkin abt a couple on the road... or was it momentary lapse of reason???

and there are so many who are chantin "singledom rocks".."its the way to go"...is that a formula for life or something...isnt being single a situational factor...or is it a a decision...and if it is a choice its ok for those who have had troubled relationships..but some people have never been into a relationship and say singledom rocks...will you be bachelors and spinsters???you have come to conclusion by seein other peopl and you don want to face the same probs...wah wah what observational learning...one dude says that its better to be single and give time to many people instead of concentrating on one...is a gf/bf a fruitcake that oyu prefer to finish first and then move on...is there nothin like balance in life??? do all couples spend time with only each other all day...do they have no life...cant they be friends with each others friends and have a nice time together???if people are into relationships for showing off fine..they shud fry in hell but you cant generalize relations like that...if anybody has to sttle their issues because of my offensive post then bring it on...

dude i agree with u....i mentioned this in my previous post also, dat we r talkin about holding hands and hugs and all...then also ppl are using their wild imagination and thinking about bedroom antics....if 2 frnds can hold hands and hug in public, then why cant bf/gf do it in public??...and where did this question of being single or committed come from??...

I don't really think they know what they are doin' its not really about attraction or something but somehw u just get so lost in each other your talks or whatever that you don't realise that you're in public..though even I don't think making out in public is co and gettin all touchy is also funny but simple things like holding hand, kissing on cheek or even a hug..wen u can do all this with your friends( though not with the same level of intimacy) then y not that special someone!!

PDA is ok within certain limits. I mean, making out in public is gross. but holding hands and hugging are ok! A balance must be struck. Shouldn't be that you have one bf and you lose touch with the whole world when you're going out and then get depressed after the break-up coz u haven't bothered abt ur friends. (Who hasn't witnessed this??)

@adi n mandeep- I cant say for sure,but I think that although Swati started this topic with those lines depicting a couple just holding hands,but then she went on to other forms of PDA as well....otherwise why do u think we should have a 4 pages long argument over somethin as simple and subtle as holding hands and hugging?.......

And "singledom rocks!!!" n "single is the way to be..." are just individual opinions.Thats the way certain people would prefer to be.To each his own.

And by the way,I dont know if u grasped my idea of "touching".There are different connotations of just that one word dude.If u dont know what I mean,just go n check out a morning show at Inox city-centre n then come back n tell me if u've understood my definition of the so-called "touching".